Neumünster station is the main railway station of the town of

Neumünster Neumünster () is a city in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg). The ''Holstenhallen'' and ...

in the

German state The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign ''states''. Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

. It is at the junction of lines to

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

Heide Heide (; Holsatian: ''Heid'') is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Dithmarschen. Population: 22,000. The German word ''Heide'' means "heath". In the 15th century four adjoining villages decide ...

, Hamburg-Altona,

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

Bad Oldesloe Bad Oldesloe () is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the district of Stormarn. The area has been inhabited since Mesolithic times. The flint tools found here from that era (6000–4500 BC) ar ...

Kaltenkirchen (nicknamed ''Kaki''; or ''Kolenkarken'') is a town located 35 km north of Hamburg in Germany. It is part of the Segeberg district, in Schleswig-Holstein. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. History First mentioned in the 14th century, it fl ...

and until 1985

Ascheberg Ascheberg () is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The neighbouring cities, towns and municipalities of Ascheberg are (clockwise, starting in the North) the city Münster, the town Drenst ...

. It is currently operated by

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, which classifies it as a category 2 station.

History

The station was opened in 1844 by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (, AKE) during the construction of the first railway line in Schleswig-Holstein, which connected Kiel with Altona. Soon, more lines were added: in 1845 the route to Rendsburg was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (''Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn''). In 1866 the AKE opened its line to

and on to

Neustadt in Holstein Neustadt in Holstein (; Holsatian: ''Niestadt in Holsteen'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on the Bay of Lübeck 30 km northeast of Lübeck, and 50 km southeast of Kiel. History In World War ...

(part of which is now incorporated in the Kiel–Lübeck line) and in 1875 it opened its line to

. Finally in 1877 the line to and from

was opened by the West Holstein Railway Company (''Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). The AKN Railway reached Neumünster in 1916, but at first its trains terminated in Neumünster-Süd station. The original station building was demolished in 1974 and replaced by a modern building. In September 1985 the line from Neumünster to Ascheberg was closed to passenger traffic. In November 1995, freight traffic on the line was also officially closed. Since 2009, some modernisation has been carried out at the station. Thus, the passenger information systems have been replaced. Facilities on the platforms have been modernised and lifts to the platforms have been replaced. More recent modernisation includes provision of automatic ticket machines. However if you need help with your ticket purchase and/or need to use the DB ticket office, it is not situated in the Station building but in Rendsburger Strasse over the road from the station. A sign by DB to explain this to passengers is needed.

Operations

ICE services run from Hamburg to Kiel and Flensburg.

Regional Transport

The following regional services serve the station: (as of 2023)

Tracks

The station has six tracks that are used in passenger transport. Normally they are used as follows: *Platform track 1: trains to and from Bad Oldesloe. * Platform track 2: trains to and from Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt. * Platform tracks 3, 4 and 5: trains to and from Hamburg, Kiel and Flensburg. * Platform track 6: trains operate to and from Heide–Büsum.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neumunster station Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein Neumünster Railway stations in Germany opened in 1844